Tiraspol, April 6. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. Russia has allocated humanitarian assistance to pay pension allowances since 2008. Since this year allowances will also be paid to Pridnestrovian citizens who have decided to receive Russian pensions but previously were registered with centres of social security and insurance in the PMR. Allowances will be paid to them for the period from this January on.
Another tranche of Russian assistance is expected to come any time soon. Meanwhile, the social security ministry is often asked today why allowances are not paid along with April pensions. The minister, Yelena Kulichenko, commented on the situation in an interview with our journalist.
«The issue has been settled in Russia. We sent all the necessary applications indicating the number of pensioners and the amount required. We did as early as last December. A favourable decision has been made regarding our request. As soon as the funds come, they will be immediately paid out. Regardless of the fact whether April pensions have been paid or not, allowances will be paid out immediately," said the minister.
The sum of allowance will be known after the tranche comes, the ministry said.
«We received humanitarian assistance in different parts of the year: sometimes it came in the first quarter, sometimes in April and even after the first six months. Each time we appreciated the situation and made payments as soon as this assistance came regardless of the period. Allowances will be similarly paid out this year as well," explained the minister.
